alt Hacker NewsYes and this is my biggest anxiety of future software and interfaces to come. You won't remember how you got there or did what because there are n permutations of getting there or doing that, except they're vaguely similar but not exactly the same thing. I too want predictable software (including UIs) that stays the same until I want to change/upgrade it myself as a user.
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I've heard from users they are burnt out on the UI many apps support. Buggy components everywhere across web, mobile, etc. e.g I can confirm that QuickBooks mobile app has so many bugs still in it for example and it's like 1/10th their web app.
I know personally I hit buggy forms and UI way more than I should preventing me from proceeding.
So I think there is an opportunity to instead have n permutations in natural language where the interface is consistent towards how the user inputs, it will just be up to the developers to support some UI for confirmation and structuring more complex input within chat itself. The biggest issue will be become discovery of what you can and cannot do without stationary UIs hinting at capabilities.
Anyways we are in new territory so it will be interesting how this plays out.i like to think of it as on demand UI but curious how others are toying with this paradigm.
We are testing a mostly display only interface for output where the majority of input comes in from chat and chat UI components right now just to see how this would work in practice.
CLI will always be there, don't worry.
I understand the anxiety, but isn't this already the reality with most complex software?
Photoshop has thousands of possible panel arrangements, yet users develop their own workflows.
The question isn't whether permutations exist—it's whether the system helps you find your optimal permutation faster. Do you think the problem is unpredictability itself, or the lack of a predictable meta-pattern for how changes occur?